Thursday, 28 March 2024

15 Cardinal wrestlers place in top four at Jason White Memorial

Clear Lake High School wrestlers who won gold medals at the Jason White Memorial on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Olivehurst, California, area, from left to right, back row, Hayden Fowler, Liam Davis and Vicente Ortega; front row, Ashley Pyorre and Hernan Romero. Courtesy photo.

OLIVEHURST, Calif. – On Saturday, Jan. 25, the Clear Lake Cardinals sent 20 wrestlers – 16 boys and four girls – to compete in the Jason White Memorial Wrestling Tournament.

With 34 teams entered, most from the Sac Joaquin Section, there were some very exciting matches and great battles.

The Cardinals finished with 15 wrestlers in the top four places and took home 12 medals: five firsts, three seconds, four thirds and three more finished in fourth place.

This week the Cardinals went to Lindhurst High School to honor Jason White, a former student who sacrificed his life in order to save others in a school shooting.

It was a great day of wrestling. The team had many breakthroughs with all of the wrestlers showing their growth and development over the season.

The cardinals had five tournament champions.

Hernan Romero continues to be a dominant force on the mat always keeping the match on his terms. When he shoots he doesn't stop till he gets his points.

Liam Davis showed excellent balance and intensity in a thrilling finals match. With an extensive background in grappling sports, he is exciting and unpredictable on the mat. He has a great grasp on how to control his opponents.

Hayden Fowler showed great finesse and technique throughout the tournament. He was making moves look easy. In his finals match, he had a close exciting victory over his teammate and workout partner. It's great to have partners that can push each other to get better together.

Ashley Pyorre was a great show of dominance, toughness and sheer mental will power by overcoming any and all obstacles in front of her! We are all very excited to see the waves she makes at North Coast Sections.

“Vicente Ortega had an awesome day, experiencing his first championship victory,” said Head Coach Nathan Powers. “As a first-year wrestler with only two months, he has shown accelerated growth in the sport. He is a natural-born wrestler with still a lot to learn. I have high confidence he will have much more success as he continues to develop.”

Gold medalists:

Boys – Hernan Romero (128 lbs.), Vicente Ortega (140 lbs.) and Liam Davis (147 lbs.) each went 3-0 with two pins. Hayden Fowler (134 lbs.) went 3-0 with a tech fall.

Girls – Ashley Pyorre (108 lbs.) was 2-0 with two pins.

Silver medalists:

Boys – Ayden Williamson (128 lbs.) and Nicholas Williamson (134 lbs.) each went 2-1 with two pins.

Girls – Tara Wong (103 lbs.) was 1-1 with one pin.

Bronze medalists:

Boys – Mohammad Akbari (128 lbs.) went 3-1 with two pins and a tech fall. Elijah Alvarez (140 lbs.) was 3-1 with one pin. Christopher Krack was at (197 lbs.).

Girls – Ximena Soto (128 lbs.) went 1-2.

Fourth place:

Boys – Asher Reese (115 lbs.) was 2-2 with two pins. Raymond Gonzales-Shoaf (222 lbs.) went 1-2 and Mavis Pyorre (128 lbs.) was pulled from the tournament due to injury.

Also wrestling some tough matches for the Cardinals were Luis Aguilar, Victor Ortega, Samuel Vanoven, Zachary Wilcox and Drake Chesebro.


Clear Lake High School wrestlers who participated in the Jason White Memorial on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Olivehurst, California, are, back row, left to right, Zachary Wilcox, Raymond Gonzales-Shoaf, Ayden Williamson, Elijah Alvarez, Hayden Fowler, Victor Ortega, Vicente Ortega and Liam Davis; front row, Luis Aguilar, Samuel Vanoven, Nicholas Williamson, Mavis Pyorre, Ashley Pyorre, Tara Wong, Ximena Soto, Hernan Romero, Mohammad Akbari and Asher Reese; and front, Head Coach Nathan Powers. Courtesy photo.

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